2007-10-10 13:05:43 · 4 answers · asked by thebrainwaver 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It is the abbreviation for Kilo (1000 grams) which has been extended to multiply any quantity by 1000.
2007-10-10 13:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
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why does thel letter "k" represent 1,000?
2015-08-12 04:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stands for "kilo". In the metric system, prefixes are used to denote amounts.
Milli=0.001
Centi=0.01
Deci=0.1
Deca=10
Hecta=100
Kilo=1,000
Mega=1,000,000
For example, a centimeter is 0.01 (or one one hundredth) of a meter. A kilogram is 1,000 grams. I hope that helps.
2007-10-10 13:58:07 · answer #3 · answered by xfilesfan 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It stands for the "kilo-" prefix in words like kilogram, kilometer, which means "1000 times bigger".
I suppose that when the French were inventing all their metric weights and measures just after the French Revolution, they must have coined this prefix from the Greek word chilia = thousand.
Then from the Latin word mille = thousand they coined the prefix "milli-" to mean "1000 times smaller".
2007-10-11 02:10:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
14 kumquat. I took a little longer to answer because I mis-read the question as a 'number between 0 and 1000 that BEGINS with letter 'K'. I'm so stupid.....
2016-03-22 20:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋